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Theology comes from Ancient Greek θεολογέω, from Koine Greek θεολόγος ‘one who speaks of God and the divine nature, a…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁s‘god, godhead, deity’reconstructed
3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁sósreconstructed
4. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰehós‘god, deity’reconstructed
5. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEθεός‘a deity’
6. Koine Greek, derivedc. 300 BCE–600 CEθεολόγος‘one who speaks of God and the divine nature, a theologian’
7. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθεολογέωtheologéō
8. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEθεολογίαtheología
9. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtheologia
10. Old Frenchc. 842–1400theologie
11. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
12. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
13. Englishearliest quotation 1896theology